The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 20, 1945, Page 3

FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1945 CONGRESSIONAL SUB-COMMTTEE 1S DUE TONIGH House Group Will Hear from Juneau Residents at Meeting Tomorrow | (Continued on Page Six) l lators inspected the Wrangeil Insti- tute, being conducted by Alaska Na- tive Service Director Don C. Foster, and lunched there, following which they went oh to Petersburg; arriv-! ing in that city early last evening., Dr. Gabrielson and ‘Alaska W&FL | Dircctor Frank W. Hynes conducted the party on an inspection of the} Experimental Fur Station at Peters- burg. The five Congressmen talked with Chamber of Commerce and other of- ficials at both Wrangell and Peters~ burg. After attending to business in Juneau tomorrow, the group is to leave Sunday on a trip to Glacier Bay, Hoonah and possibly Excursion WASHINGTON — President Tru- man today nominated seven State and Territorial Directors of Selective Service for new terms. They include | John L. McCormick, Juneau, Alaska. WASHINGTON — The Duke of | Windsor was a surprise visitor today | to the Senate. 1 CHICAGO—Appointment of Har- old G. Olson, Ohio State University | basketball coach, as Chairman of the Basketball Rules Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic As- sociation was announced today by K. K. (Rug) Wilson, association secretary. CALCUTTA—British and Burmese | 1 Patriot troops are continuing to cut down the Jap forces isolated west of the Sittang River in southwest | Burma. | NEW YORK-—Over 28,000 troops | filed down gangplanks from six} transport vessels here today. More than half were aboard the British | liner Queen Elizabeth. The entire 44th Infantry Division, which bat-! tled through France into the heart | |LEGIONNAIRES, FAMILIES HAVE FUN AT PICNIC| Legionnaires, Auxl.\nry members‘ and their families who picnicked| |at the Recreation Beach at Auk‘ Bay last evening, had a most en-| jovable time, even though the weath- er was not too favorable, especially for outdoor sports. Horseshoe pitch- ing was indulged in by the Legion- naires who needed the exercise, while the fireplace in the shelter furnish-| ad a e pot for the youngsters to toest weiners, and for the others| o just relax and enjoy themselves. D | BASICPAY RATES | SHOULD BE UPPED SAY CONGRESSMEN WA‘»HII\GTON. July 20. — ch. Holified (D.-Calif) said today a petition urging President Truman to raise wage scales has been signed by 70 Congressmen. Holifield said in a statement the | tance of two miles were washed out. | level about seven feet. Foot bridges | were strewn THE DAILY ALASKA: FLASH FLOOD DOES DAMAGE COLORADO) - FORT COLLINS. Colo,, July 20. —A flash flood which Huuugh big Thompson Canyon in the Estes Park area last night, fol= lowing a cloudburst in the region, caused highway damage estimated |at $50,000. Shoulders and paved sections of the road for a dis-| The flood crest raised the stream were washed away, and cabins of | summer residents flooded. Thou- sands of fish were thrown onto the highway, to be scdoped up !1!' passersby Many logs and rocks along the highway, and were cleared away by main- tenance crews during the night. Traffic was rcsumrd today: 1946 OlDSMOBIlE J IS GIVENSHOWING By DAVID J. WILKIE (Asscciated Press Autemotive Editor) DETROIT, July 20.—The 1946/ swept|1934 Ford V-8 four-door Completely furnished FOR IRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA WANT ADS FORSALE | sedan, completely overhauled, good tires, | radio and heater. West 10th St., p.m i m house, ma- 50 Ph. and washing chicken house, equipment. refregerator chine, 2 lots, chickens with Douglas 234. \ ew co!d storage m\d: system at Anchomgc\ Building contains fur vault, locker | p-freezing room, smr"Junpnu Lumbx- age room, and two extra rooms for meat market. Equipment for‘ cutting, grinding, etc., and 7 108- | inch sharp plates. Also 11,000 Ibs. frozen halibut and 13,000 1bs glazed King salmon. Busi- ness nets $15,000 or more yearly. ! If interested write to Fred| Kroesing, Box 1143, Anchorage,| Alaska. SALE--Douine Dved, springs| and mattress; also easy chair. Blue 120. 'WANTED TO BUY: Electric refrig- Inquire 928 | — between 6 and 9| W ANTED--Propeller ' WANTED— WANTED erator; wulki'm or not. Call 92. " for outboard Johnson F 70 or inboard 8-8 or 8-9. Phone 446 or 81. To buy Model 54 or Model 70 Wnu‘hr“tcr 30.06; also | 30-30 or carbine. Must be| in good condition. Phone 476| after 6 p.m. MANGLE-FOLDER wanted Apply | at the Alaska Laundry. | Mills have several thousand feet of logs on Douglas | Island beach near Douglas Bridge. | Will pay reasonable sum to par- ties delivering logs to sawmill, WANTED — Stenographer—full or part time. Must clear the U. S.| employment service. Ph. 72 Alas- ka Construction Co. WANTED Experienced Beauty Operators. Write Box 631 Fair- banks, Alaska. Any one cylinder g;nsnllr;c engine including washing machine. Phone ABOARD CLIPPERS_BETWEEN Alaska--$ @ TWO AND THREE FLIGHTS DAILY BETWEEN SEATTLE, KETCHIKAN AND JUNEAU © TWO DAILY BETWEEN JUNEAU, WHITEHORSE AND FAIRBANKS Oldsmobile, with numerous advance- ments to streamline its appearance, was given a preliminary showing to- day for newsmen and trade paper) Inlet, returning to Juneau Monday. Possibilities for development of Gla- cier Bay will be pointed out to them | by Alfred Kuehl, landscape architect 8004 | @ THREE WEEKLY BETWEEN FAIRBANKS AND NOME © ONE WEEKLY BETWEEN FAIRBANKS AND BETHEL signers want “speedy action on up- ward re’ on of the Little Steel Formula,” He added: “An increase, of at least 20 per FOR \ALE Ste'am presser, ) i condition, reasonably priced.| 73;?’} ’M} S PR Apply Torvenin Tailor Shop. | MACHINIST WANTED - Steady of Germany, returned. BOSTON—ADboard the S. 8. Mari- | 2,800 vet- year around work. Warner’s | fr the National Park Service who has done considerable planning work there this summer. At Hoonah they will view the FPHA project under construction to replace the burned village. Gov. Gruening expects,to accom- pany the party on the Glacier Bay | trip and Indian Service officials Brophy and Foster will likeby be on hand when the Congressmen arrive! at Hoonah. Tuesday the sub-committee is to leave Juneau by plane, for Anchor- age, from where the group will make a circle trip into the Interior by the highway and Alaska Railroad, visit- ing Fairbanks, Mt. McKinley, Circle Hot Springs, Matanuska, Seward and | return to Juneau by air. The group is scheduled: to ‘arrive back here August 9, and is to fly south to Ceattle the next day enroute back to the National Capital. Memkers of the Congressional sub- | committee are: Chairman, Jed John- } son ((D-Okla.); vice - Chairman,| Michael J. Kirwan (D-Ohio); John J. Rooney, (D-NY); Henry c.| Dworshak, (R-Idaho); Ben Franklin! Jensen, (R-Iowa). In addition to| Dr. Gabrielson, their host on the| Brant, they are being accompanied| by Committee Clerk William A. Du- vall and Robert K. Coote, General Lar®. Office representative. e NEW ZEALAND DIPLOMAT IS VISITOR HERE High Commissioner David Wilson,' of New Zealand, head of that “Down Under” Dominion’s legation to the Capital of the Dominion of Can- ada @t Ottawa, today extended his respeets to the Goveérnor of Alaska, | while in Juneau on a one-day stop. | High Commissioner Wilson, ac-' companied by his Military Attache,| T. W. White, Group Captain, Royal New Zealand Air Forces, arrived here yesterday afternoon aboard a U. S. Army plane, from Edmonton. They were met by Secretary of Alaska Lew, M. Williams. The High Commissioner is on a mission throughout Canada, and call- | | | | been discharged under the point sy posa, arriving today, were erans from Europe, more than two- | thirds of the servicemen being sick | or casualties. [ pe cent in the basic pay rate is needed in crder to keep up mass purchasing and avoid sowing the seeds of a disastrous depression in the CHUNGKING—The Chinese Hik’h Command announces that 50 miles of the south China coast is held bx the Chinese and is open for an Al- | lied invasion. RACIES | WASHINGTON — The War De- | partment reveals that it is releas-| | |ing men at the rate of 4,000 a day and that nearly 200,000 have already tem. ROME — Twenty-four negro sol- diers have been killed in an ex- plosion of a former German mine ! dump. Forty-eight other negro sol- diers — all members of the 92nd | Division—were injured. OSWEGO, N. Y.—WAC Corporal | Margaret Hastings, down in Shang- | ri-La, and finally rescued by Llld(’r plane, returned to her home here and was greeted by a band and hundreds of her friends. 'WASHINGTON—Congress passed the $5,700,000,000 tax relief bill to- day to help business revert from | war to peace. The House agreed to a Senate amendment and sent the measure to the White House. Con- gressional leaders said the legislation will help small business accumulate a cash reserve for postwar opera- tions. GUAM — Eighty American Mus- tang fighters from Iwo Jima have | strafed the center of Japan. They shot up five airfields and attacked lother targets in the area around | {Nagoya and Osaka on the main | Japanese island of Honshu. KANSAS CITY — A shortage of | milk looms in Kansas City. With one exception all major Kansas City dairies are idle as the result of a dispute between producers and haul- ers. And the dealers say there is deliveries. et iis ¢ CALIFORNIA PUBLISHER ed in Juneau primarily to convey to | . Gov. Ernest Gruening the friendly| geod wishes of the people of the South Pacific commonwealth. This noon he and Group Captain White were luncheon guests of Gov. Gruen- ing. They stayed overnight here at the Baranof Hotel. After viewing the sights of the Coast Dispatch and Progress of Encinitas, California, is a Juneau visitor. He and Mrs. Hicks are taking a vacation jaunt through Skagway and Whitehorse to Daw- son, then back to Whitehorse where they will make the return trip to Juneau’ area, the two New Zealand representatives were to fly to White- horse'late this afternoon. H Preyious to his diplomatic appoint- ment, High Commissioner Wilson held cabinet rank in the New Zea- land Dominion Government, being leader of the Legislative Council, the upper chamber of the New Zea- land General Assembly. Members of the Legislative Council are named by the Crown. His present post at Ottawa corresponds to that of a Minister in usual diplomatic ranks, it is said. Group Captain White’s equivalent rank in the Army of the United States is approximately that, of Cologel—perhaps a bit higher. e An inv.eresting City Council ses- sion has been forecast by Mayor Ernest Parsons for this evening when the Juneau City Fathers gath- er for their second July meeting. If the discussion maintains the standard set at recent meetings, the Qity’s business will get quite a working over. The meeting opens at 8 o’clock in the Council Chambers at the City Hall. ———_—e— MERRILL IN TOWN Jobn W. Merrill has arrived in Juneau, via Pan American, from Seattle and is registered at the Baranof Hotel. e SEATTLE MEN HERE H. A. Schurman, H. B. Friele, Dr. 0. J. Blende, and Bruce Parker, of Seattle, have arrived in Juneau and are guests at the Baranof Hoetel. ‘e the States by plane. | Blonde actress Carole marriage has ended in divorce. little milk: on hand for tomorrow’s | IS JUNEAU VISITOR | Archie J. Hicks, publisher of the| immediate future.” e 'Carole Landis Gets Divorce, Third Time LAS VEGAS, Nev, July 20.— Landis’ third The screen playér was granted a decree against Maj, Thomas C. Wallace, Army Air Force pilot of Pasadena, Calif., after a brief hearing before Judge Charles Lee Horsey. She charged extreme men- tal cruelty, her attorney said. ’ The couple married in London in 1943 while Miss Landis was tour- ing Army camps with a group of entertainer D 'PHILIP FORREST IS BACK ON LEAVE Philip G. Forrest arrived in Ju- neau this week to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Forrest, on his first leave since joining the U. S. Navy more than two years ago. | Sailor Forrest left high school here to join the Navy. After “boot camp” |in Idaho, he was assigned to the | aiferaft carrier Enterprise and saw service with that ship in many South Pacific and Philippine area engagements. He will be in Juneau for about two weeks. e MR., MRS. SWANSON HERE | Mr. and M. Roy W. Swanson lare in Juneau, arriving aboard a Pan American Clipper from Fair- |banks and are registered at the Baranof Hotel. s ataisn GILBERT HERE G. Gilbert, of Rossland, B. C,, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. .- FORTIER IN JUNEAU Frank A. Fortier, of Trail, B. C,, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. —— o MRS. MOLLER IN TOWN | Mrs. Dan Moller, of Sitka, has arrived in Juneau and is a guest |at the Baranof Hotel. - MCcINNIS HERE Jack McInnis arrived from Skag- way aboard the Princess Norah and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. | i | U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, WEATHER DATA FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT Max. temp. | last 24 hrs.* 63 47 52 60 o4 9 66 Station tem Anchorage ... Barrow Bethel Cordovn Dawson ... Edmonton Fairbanks Haines . Juneau Juneau Airpon . Ketchikan Kotzebue MecGrath Nome ....... Northway Petersburg .. Portland ... Prince George Prinee Rupert San Francisco Seattle 3 58 55 60 65 66 55 64 60 90 8 63 ki 59 Whneharse 66 Yakutat 55 *—(4: 39 am. yesterdny to 4:30 a Lowest 4:30a.m. 24hrs. 48 47 43 49 48 4“4 49 50 46 50 52 49 43 49 50 57 56 54 60 49 45 47 ALASKA BULLETIN 4:30 A. M, 12TH MERIDIAN TIME TODAY Weather at 4:30 a.m. Clear Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cloudy p. temp. 52 1 43 52 43 Precip. T. T & 13 .04 [J § Pt. Cloudy Drigzle Cloudy Rain Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Drizzle Cloudy 45 49 24 42 27 01 b ! 05 T T 50 53 52 50 45 51 57 K) Pt. cmudy Clondy l Clear 56 54 P Rain Cloudy 55 49 47 m. today) MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports trom Marine Stati Station Cape Decision 5 Cape Spencer ... E]dred Rock ...... Five Finger nght Point Ketreat ... ‘Weather Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy ...Cloudy Cloudy Temp. ions at 10:30 A. M. WIND Dir, and Vel. SE 16 ENE 24 NNE 22 N 12 N 16 Today Height of Waves (Sea Condition) ' 1 foot 2 feet 2 feet 3 feet 2 feet 52 52 56 55 55 MARINE FORECAST: Southeast Alaska—Northerly to northeasterly winds around 15 MPH and cloudy north of Sumner Strait. Light variable winds mostly southeasterly today, backing to northeasterly tonight, with rain south of Sumner Strait, |1s a guest at the Baranof Hotel. representatives. |FOR SALE—Cabinet sewing ma- Described by S. E. Skinner, Gen-\ ijine Wheeler & Wilson, $35.00. eral Manager of the Oldsmobile Di-| ., Red 662. vision of General Motors as a “new| X AT ot merely a modification of! NOTICE the 1942 model,” it has a new Gen-{ MARSHAL'S SALE ! eral Motors hydramatic drive that 1941 Ford sedan 9:30 a. m. July| climinates the clutch pedal and pro-|27th, 1945, at Juneau Motors to vides fully automatic shi(tm'hi“w,t bidder. through four forward speeds. |- The hydra-matic drive, Skinner Simpson leslueucc "Gold Belt Ave. caid, is basically similar to units' Apply Nugget Shop. H now being used on army tanks and other military vehicles. Skinner said a relatively small part of Oldsmobile’s production IECJ‘ ilities is being devoted to automobile | production. .- MRS. ENGE IN JUNEAU | — | i | FO}‘ QALE— Supe! rodyne table model radio. All wave and just overhauled. May be seen at the Capitol Theatre office over| First National Bank: | T'WO BEDROOM beach home on Point Louisa; 110-volt Delco lights, water, basement, furnace; fully iurnished. Write P. O. chl 8031. e, - — JOHNSON ARRIVES Arthur J. Johnson, of Minneap- clis, is a guest at the Gastlnenu‘ Hotel. | Mrs. Ernest Enge, of Pet(‘r.shurg! | l'OR SALE—Several good Toggen- burg and Saanen grade milk goats; also some pure blooded ! stock; also young bucks. P. O. —————.———— | Box 2321, Juneau, Alaska. MRS. CARROLL HERE | Mrs. C. A. Cerroll, wife of Mayor FOR “SALE- Rcmxngton typewriter, C. A. Carroll of Skagway, arrived s8-inch carriage. Call at 125 in Juneau on the Princess Norah| Oastineau Ave. before 11 a.m. and is a guest at the Gastineau' D. H. Kershaw. e # CY M For saie— FROM SKAGWAY | By Mrs. L. T. McGuane and daugh- ter Sharon, arrived in Juneau aboard the southbound steamer - Princess Norah from their home B 1 in Skagway and are at the Gas- 960 e FOR SALE—11-tube Silvertone con- | sole radio, $75.00. Also several small diamonds will sell, or trade for rifle. No. 2 Winter & Pond Apt. g8y, Phone Zenith radio $100; automatic record changer free. Green T34. at_Lavella clarinet, ebonite, “Green 734. , e MOHAGEN IN TOWN | M. G. Mohagen, of Skagway, ar- rived in Juneau aboard the Prin- cess Norah and is registered at Machine Shop. WANTED — Talented young lady for part-time work in connection ‘with Tourist Guide. Steady po- sition of responsibility ‘ater for| party qualifying. Phone 10, ask for Mr. Jacobin. WANTED*Used (unmurv. 306 Wil- loughby. Phone 788, MISCELLANEOUS R}:MEMBFR — We buy, sell and trade second-hand merchandise. | Phone Douglas 25, Douglas Trad- ing Post. PIANOS RENTED-—1unea. Ander- son Shop. 'UARANTEED Realistic Perma ment, $7.00 Paper Curls, $1 up Lola Beauty Shop. Phone 201 815 Decker Way F you have empty rocms or apts for desirable people. inform the Gastineau Hotel. HARBOR MACHINE BII West 11th & P St. GENERATOR WORK and MACHINE WORK FOR RENT FOR RENT Furnished 4-room lower flat; oil range. Phone Blue 275 between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m, only, SEAVIEW APT,, Federal Bldg. one block from LOST AND FOUND gy the Gastineau Hotel, MR, MRS. HAMILTON HERE Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, of Haines, are guests at the Gastineau Hotel FOR,'SALE — Hot Point electric | range in A-1 condition. Inquire | 348 12th St., after 5 p.m. FOR SALE—1927 Chev Coupe, 6 ‘ tires, good condition. Inquire 348 LOUISE MILLER HERE | 12th St, after 5 p.m Louise Miller, of Ketchikan, is a R guest at the Baranof Hotel. BUY WAR BOI ! LOST—Mexican coin bracelet. LOST—Keys in case in coln pursc Ph. Red 649. LOST—Black leather billfold con- taining valuable 'papers. Return to Triangle Bar. ward. Phone 471, evenings. LOST—Lady's Bulova wrist watch. NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN: . SALE OF REAL ‘That pursuant to a writ of eucuuon i OESTA“ duly issued out of the District Court | In the Court of the Commissioner for the Territory of Alaska, First| for the Territory of Alaska, Di- Division, at Juneau, Alnska on June | vision No. 1, sitting in Probate in 29, 1945, for enforcement of a decree{ Skagway Precinct, Before MARY of said court made on May 12, 1945, | foreclosing a .first mortgage lien on the hereinafter described real prop- erty and ordering the sale of said| real property to satisfy therefrom the principal sum’ of $2264.38, to- gethef with interest’ on said total sum at 6% from May 12, 1945, T will offer for sale, and sell, at 9:30 o'clock AM. on August 4, 1945, at the front steps on Fourth Street of the Federal and Territorial Building, at Juneau, Alaska, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property referred to and ordered sold in said decree, which real prop- erty is situated in the Skagway Recording Precinct, and more par- ticularly bounded and described as follows: Lots One anda Two of Section Eighteen in the Township thirty two South of Range sixty East, and the Lots Two and Three, the North half of the southeast quarter, and the southwest quar- ter of the northeast quarter, of Section * thirteen in township thirty two south of range fiTty nine’ East of the Copper River Meridian, Alaska, containing two hundred forty acres and fifty-two hundredths of an acre, according to the official plat of the Survey of the said land on File in the General Land Office, which sald land was patented to Joseph Curry by the United States of America on June 18, 1925, Patent 961879; together with all and lar the tene- ments, hereditaments and ap- purtenances thereunto belong- ing or in anywise appertaining. Dated: Juneau, Alaska, June 29, 1945. ‘WM. T. MAHONEY, Unitéd States Marshal, By' WALTER G. HELLAN, 3 Deputy. HOWARD D. STABLER, Shattuck Building, Juneau, Alaska. Attorney for Plaintiff. First publication, June 29, 1945. Last publication July 20, 1945, T. ‘McCANN, Commissioner and | ex-officio Probate Judge. In the Matter of the Estate of EARL W. FRENCH, Deceased. Notice is hereby given, that, in purstapee of an Order duly made by | the above named Court on the 21st | day of June, 1945, in the matter of | the estate of Earl W, French, de- | ceased, the undérsigned adminis- | trator of said estate will sell at | private sale or public, auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, and subject. to the ‘confirmation of said Court, on the 31st day of July, 1945, at the hour of, 10 a. m. all the right, title and interest, and estate of the said Earl W. French, at the time of his death, being an undivided full and complete interest in fee simple to the propeny hereinafter described, and all right, title and interest in said estate described as follows, to- wit: One Patented homestead, situated forty miles Northwest of Halnes, Alaska, on the Haines Military High- way. The Bluebird and Blujay Placer claims and equipment on Marble Creek at Porcupine, Alaska. The sale to be in front of City Hall, Haines, Alaska. Dated at Skagway, Alaska, this 21st day of June, 1945. (Seal) CARL BJORNSTAD, Administrator. First publication, June 28, 1945, Last publication, July 19, 1945. /i CARA NOME FIRISHING CREAN ferent! ERective) mleu‘ powder bese rec- Toews | jves a volvety fin i,lh‘ Helps powder cling for LARGE JAR $l Bu Shats Drug Co. “Jmu‘,“..‘is&“.‘-‘ Finder please return to cashier, Baranof Coffee Shop. Reward. ® 6 o ¢ o a0 o o0 TIDES TOMORROW . 5:33 a.m., 15 ft. 12;01 a.m,, 12.2 ft. Low . 17:256 p.m., 5.2 ft. ® High 23:33 p.m., 15.1 ft. ® 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fmpire. wans-uos bring. vesultsl I.o\;' High For Comfort: and Bervice Get the New Wasb- ington Hubit ALASKANS FEEL AT HOME ~ SERVICE Christenson Bros. Garage Saranof Hotel OLYMPIC NATIONAL LIFE msghnflgli E!;OHPMW BETTY M¢cCORMICK Junéau Agent—Phone 547 ' Phone 106 RUTH B. ROCK _ General Agent—Baranof Hotel There Is No SUBSTITUTE for QUALITY .. . and when quality is combined with correct color harmony in your decorating the result is more pleasing. Why not consult us on your next home beautifying problem ? JAMES S. MceCLELLAN Phone Douglas 374 P. 0. Box 1216 Acetylene Welding, Blacksmithing Plumbing, Heating, Re- 909 Twelfth St. PHONE 659 ' GENUINE A Large Shipment of C(H*‘FEEMAKEI‘S CORY GLASS Four, Eight and Twelve-Cup Sizes ALSO SPARE BOWLS Alaska Eleciric Light and Power Company Phone 616 ANCHORAGE — FAIRBANKS Bus Leaves VALDEZSA. M. Monday — Wednesday — Friday Valdez o Anchorage, one way, $19.45 Valdez fo Fairbanks, one way, $21.15 TAX INCLUDED O’Harra Bus Lines FOR CATERPILLAR REG.U.S. PAT. O DIESEL MARINE ENGINES ICAL BAT SERVICE PHONE 867 JUNEAU BRANCH 227 ADMIRAL WAY TRACTORS—MINING MACHINERY !